In AlmaU hold a presentation of research competitions

On September 7, 2015 AlmaU (previously IAB) visited British Council representatives Aitzhamal Mansurova and Dosbol Zharylgasov.

They presented for AlmaU students, staff and faculty a presentation of open competitions of “Newton-Al Farabi” partnership programme and FameLab contest. 

There attendees learned about in which competitions young researchers and post-docs from Kazakhstan can participate, how to fill the application to conduct research workshops with local and British scholars, as well as eligibility of Kazakhstan scholars’. 

Also, experts talked in detail about the main reasons of application rejection for Kazakhstan applicants for short-term internship in England – more often applicants do not provide supported letters, do not fill the application completely, non-compliance with academic criteria’s, or fill the application form in Russian. Rejection in funding due to non-compliance with economic and social development aims, or not fully provided information about the project are also took place.